Sending messages to Asher

I guess we know why Asher was checking his e-mail! : )


My sister, Holly, posted a video of my nephew, Asher, "checking his e-mail" a few days ago. We just watched it this evening. Alliyah was 'crusing' and crawling around the computer desk shortly after and I found her doing this!

The AWANA Games

Kaity, Zach, Thaniel and Elli all go to AWANA on Wed. nights at our church. They are actively learning scripture and more about God each week. They also play games. These games have some interesting names like Bean Bag Bonanza, Poop Deck, and Rabbit Hunt. Once a year our Awana group puts together teams and goes to the AWANA Games. The last 2 years it has been at Seneca Valley High School. It is a LOT of fun!

Here's Elli getting into the spirit! Kaity, Zach and Thaniel were all on blue teams!

Here's Kaity (second in) before the games. They're not allowed to talk to anyone not on the game floor after the games start, but they can smile for pictures! (Zach was clear at the other end of the line, so I couldn't get a picture of him...too dark!)


Here is Miss Kelly congratulating everyone afterwards. There were 2 blue Truth and Training teams ( 3rd-6th grade) and 1 green. Both the blue teams took 2nd place and the green team 3rd!




Kaity and Zach with their 2nd place ribbons : )


Makayla and Kaity...good friends! : )



Zach and Noah...2 peas in a pod...waiting for the Sparks games to start (1st and 2nd grade)


Posing for pictures...Mandy, Elli, Gwen and Kaity

Cami and Kaity...the 3-legged race winners!

Thaniel with his 1st place ribbon! There was only 1 team of Sparks, and they got 1st place again this year!!!

During church this past Sunday the teams were all recognized.

And here's a little video from the day of the games that I shot by accident, but Zach REALLY wanted me to post.

The Girls!

Kaity will be 10 later this month...can you believe it? Frank's thinking about cleaning his guns...won't be long and the boys will be calling! I'm not worried! She's not allowed to date until she's 21! : ) And I'm really leaning towards the courtship to marriage track instead of dating. I'm praying she will see the value in doing that as well! Her shirt appropriately says "Daddy's girl" (she was the first one!), and Frank is hoping it will stay that way for a long time to come!

Elliana with her horses and new "flower girl" doll. Below she's wearing...no, not a dunce cap, but once again, the UNICORN horn! : ) What an imagination!

And here's little Liah posing. What a little sweetheart!

The Highland Hobby Show

Nathaniel displayed his GeoTrax trains for the Hobby Show at school. He displayed all his engines, the train station, the city towers , clock tower, suspension bridge and a little of the track.
He would have needed many tables put together to make a working track with his whole collection! He's been collecting it since he was 2!

Dessi's Getting Married!

Dessarae with her bridesmaids

"THE ONE" for Dessi...Doug!

Elli and Kaity loved having Dessi home for a few days. These pictures are from her Bridal Shower at the church. (Pictures by Kaity! )

Growin' and growin'!

Little Sweetie!

Little Alliyah is growing SO fast! She's making leaps and bounds in all areas of development! (except getting teeth, which I'm thankful for as I am still nursing her!)

I found her one afternoon standing in her bed after her nap...she was very happy to see me until I ran back out of the room to ask someone to bring me the camera! So, the "pulling herself up on things" stage had started.

Here she's much happier once she realized I was just taking pictures and not leaving her stranded in her crib!!!

She's been showing more of an interest in books...opening them, turning the pages, pointing to things...here she's 'reading' about Jesus walking on water!

A few days after I found her standing in her crib, she decided it would be fun to put her feet THROUGH the rails! Gratefully, they were not stuck!

Here she's sitting in a seat just her size...she wasn't sure about it at first, but now she can climb in and out of it!

She loves to dance with her monkey! : )